Nixon Presidential Library to Release New Materials at the National ArchivesPress Release · Wednesday, November 21, 2007

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November 21, 2007

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What: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum will release approximately 122,800
pages of historical materials from the Nixon presidency at the National Archives
in College Park, MD.

Highlights include national security documents on U.S. policy towards Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, and the Soviet Union, and on the Kurds. Also included are
documents on the Vietnam War, on dealing with the terrorist Black September
Organization, on producing the CIA’s Presidential Daily Brief, and on U.S.
covert action in Chile. A selection of 15 documents from the release will
be posted on the Nixon Presidential Library web site at www.nixonlibrary.gov.

Background: In the largest release of Nixon-related materials under mandatory review, the Nixon Presidential Library will open over 10,000 pages of documents that were previously withheld
from public access, and that were re-reviewed for release and/or declassified
under the provisions of Executive Order 12958, as amended, or in accordance
with 36 CFR 1275.56 (Public Access Regulations). The documents are from file segments for the White House Special Files, Staff Member and Office Files;
the National Security Council File series including the Henry A. Kissinger
Office Files and the National Security Council Institutional Files.

The Nixon Presidential Library will also open around 4,800 pages of documents
from the White House Central Files, Name Files. This system was used
for routine materials filed alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. Included
in the release are files on Mark Felt (Deep Throat), Robert Byrd, Bob Hope,
Elvis Presley, Ronald Reagan, Richard Cheney, and Frank Sinatra.

Also included in the release are approximately 83,000 pages of White House
Central Files, Staff Member and Office Files, and White House Press Office
Files. The files contain materials created by the Press Office for distribution
to the media including White House press releases and press conference transcripts.

Additionally, 25,000 pages of documents from Records of Temporary Committees,
Commissions, and Boards, Records of the Cabinet Committee on Education will
be released. The Cabinet Committee on Education served as a Federal
Government point of contact for states undergoing school desegregation.

Note: All researchers, including the media, must have a valid
National Archives Research card prior to gaining access to the records.
Researcher cards may be obtained from Room 1000. A photo ID is required. Clean
research room rules apply.